Paula Michal-Johnson '71
October 18, 2016 8:24 AM
updated: October 18, 2016 8:30 AM
Published in (Allentown PA) Morning Call on Oct. 18, 2016
Paula Michal-Johnson
Paula M. Michal-Johnson, 67, of Fountain Hill, died Friday, October 14,2016 at the VNA Hospice House of St. Luke's, Lower Saucon Twp. She is the wife of David L. Johnson. She was born in Wichita Falls, TX on October 7, 1949 to the late James Franklin and Mildred
Mae (Travis) Smithson. Paula was a Reiki teacher owning and operating Classical Reiki of Pennsylvania. She was a Shihan in Jikiden Reiki. Paula received a Ph.D. in organizational communication from the University of Denver in 1981. She had been a professor
of communication at Texas A&M University, Lehigh University, and at Villanova University, with specialties in organizational and health communication. Survivors: In addition to her loving husband of 33 years; daughters: Elisabeth Johnson of Washington, D.C.,
Gwendolyn L. Rehrig of Somerset, N.J.; siblings: Floyd G. Smithson of Citrus Heights, CA, Lena F. Smithson of Henrietta, TX. Predeceased by a brother: Lloyd D. Smithson. Services: A Celebration of Life Service will be held at a later date. Please contact David
at david.johnson@lehigh.edu for service information. Online expressions of sympathy can be recorded at: www.heintzelmancares.com. Contributions: In lieu of flowers, memorials to Abramson Cancer Center at Pennsylvania Hospital, 230 Washington Square, Suite
102 - Philadelphia, PA 19106.